A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
The dichotomous framing of problems set out in Rosenhead's critique of Operational Research (OR) has remained more or less unchallenged throughout the subsequent history of the development of problem structuring methods (PSMs). This chapter follows the path set out by Ormerod and draws on Menand's historical account of the American Pragmatists and Baert's framing of the philosophy of the social sciences ‘ towards pragmatism ’. Pragmatism as a philosophy is associated with the ideas of Charles S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey, and Oliver Wendell Homes emerging from the turmoil of another war, this time the American Civil War. The chapter focuses on the pragmatism ideas that seem to address the key points of divergence in OR practices between what has become codified as Soft OR/PSMs and the solutions to well‐structured problems in mainstream or ‘Hard’ OR practice.
The dichotomous framing of problems set out in Rosenhead's critique of Operational Research (OR) has remained more or less unchallenged throughout the subsequent history of the development of problem structuring methods (PSMs). This chapter follows the path set out by Ormerod and draws on Menand's historical account of the American Pragmatists and Baert's framing of the philosophy of the social sciences ‘ towards pragmatism ’. Pragmatism as a philosophy is associated with the ideas of Charles S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey, and Oliver Wendell Homes emerging from the turmoil of another war, this time the American Civil War. The chapter focuses on the pragmatism ideas that seem to address the key points of divergence in OR practices between what has become codified as Soft OR/PSMs and the solutions to well‐structured problems in mainstream or ‘Hard’ OR practice.
A Pragmatic Framing
Yearworth, Mike (editor)
Problem Structuring ; 33-43
2024-09-24
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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